Building on the significant success of their sixth Jazz release, ‘Sleight of Hand’ (2017), the New York Standards Quartet presents another coruscating showcase of reimagined, classic songs on ‘Heaven Steps to Seven’. Saxophonist Tim Armacost, pianist David Berkman and drummer Gene Jackson present individual arrangements full of characteristic inventiveness; and, for the first time in the studio, they are delighted to document bassist Ugonna Okegwo’s relationship with the band, a regular on their US tours.